My true passion is to lead, plan, design, and implement technology for organizations allowing them to utilize the technology to achieve their goals with IT as a service.

Achievement oriented leader with comprehensive business and technical background.

IT executive who achieves the strategic and tactical goals of the global organization using a combination of technical, communication and leadership talents. Bilingual.

Professional Experience

9/2013
to
Present

Director of Engineering, Apttus
Reporting to the CTO/Co-Founder and collaborating with the rest of the executive team, own all initiatives to scale technology, execute on an aggressive roadmap, institute best engineering practices and deliver innovative products that ensure the company as the undisputed market leader. Key member of the management team with full support from all executives and work with industry-leading peers in parallel technical operations and product management organizations. Effective recruiter, promote a collaborative team culture, and ignite passion within the team to build a world-class platform and products. Exhibit expertise in force.com web application development, Salesforce.com integration/extensions, and designing solutions, using Force.com API, APEX, Visual Force and other tools that extend Apttus’ products.

Lead an Engineering organization that will support and scale a technology stack that is facing extensive growth in both complexity and volume, as well as scale the stack and optimize for speed at which engineering delivers product.

Maintain efficient technical systems that enable Apttus to run at high gross margin.

Participate as a leader to define and implement the Apttus product roadmap.

Lead and expand the existing engineering team; identify new talent; manage, mentor & retain all members of the team.

Maintain culture, set up recruiting strategies, implement process to allow scale and, ultimately, create the best engineering organization in the market.

Continually improve and optimize the product development process.

Work closely with product and operations teams and company leaders to ensure the technology platform is evolving to meet company needs.

Help set the technical direction for the team, drive the evolution of the systems architecture, and make appropriate technology choices.

Set and manage expectations, communicate and execute goals within timelines.

IT Manager, Nor-Cal Products, Inc.
Lead a successful turnaround of a challenged ERP project. Created ease of use applications in C# and VB.NET for users with WCF Web Services & ASP.NET MVC Framework. Oversee database administration functions and ETL for Syteline application and ensure uninterrupted service for 100 global users in 4 countries.